Beyond the Gates 2005  R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Shooting Dogs
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Cast: John Hurt, Hugh Dancy, Claire-Hope Ashitey, Dominique Horwitz, Louis Mahoney, Nicola Walker, Steve Toussaint, David Gyasi, Susan Natwoga, Victor Power, Jack Pierce, Musa Kasonka Jr.
Based on a true story, this film relates the experiences of a Catholic priest (John Hurt) and a British teacher (Hugh Dancy) who found themselves in the middle of the Rwandan genocide of 1994 when the conflict between the Tutsis and the Hutus accelerated and resulted in the slaughter of thousands of Tutsis.
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Curse of Simba 1965  N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Curse of the Voodoo
Lion Man
Director: Lindsay Shonteff
Cast: Bryant Haliday, Dennis Price, Lisa Daniely, Ronald Leigh-Hunt, Mary Kerridge, John Witty, Jean Lodge, Dennis Alaba Peters, Danny Daniels, Tony Thawnton, Louis Mahoney, Michael Nightingale
Mike (Bryant Haliday) kills a lion while on a hunting trip in Africa. There is one small problem: the lion was sacred to a cult of lion-worshipers, and the Chief places a curse on Mike. When he returns to London, Mike experiences violent hallucinations, and the only way out of his curse is to return to Africa and kill the Chief.
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The Final Conflict 1981  R, 106 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Omen III: The Final Conflict
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: Sam Neill, Rossano Brazzi, Don Gordon, Lisa Harrow, Arwen Holm, Mason Adams, Barnaby Holm, Robert Arden, Leueen Willoughby, Marc Boyle, Milos Kirek, Tommy Duggan, Louis Mahoney, Tony Vogel, Richard Oldfield
In this film, the third in the "Omen" series, Sam Neill plays Damien the Antichrist who rises to power as the wealthy head of Thom Industries, the world's largest multinational corporation. He is also an ambassador to England and heads an international youth council from which he gains followers to perform his evil deeds. When Damien sees a sign indicating the second coming of Christ on March 24th, in an effort to track down a reborn Jesus, he orders his followers to kill as many babies as possible who were born on that date. Matters come to a head when a band of Italian monks try to stop the killings and set out to assassinate Damien.
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The Plague of the Zombies 1966  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: The Zombies
Director: John Gilling
Cast: Andre Morell, Diane Clare, John Carson, Brook Williams, Jacqueline Pearce, Alexander Davion, Michael Ripper, Marcus Hammond, Dennis Chinnery, Ben Aris, Louis Mahoney, Roy Royston
Doctor Thompson (Brook Williams) becomes suspicious over the mysterious deaths that are occurring in the village. He asks his mentor, James Forbes (Andre Morell), to investigate, and it is soon clear that the mad squire (John Carson) orders young workers killed and, through voodoo, the squire brings the bodies back to life as zombies to work in his tin mine. But there are obstacles to James' cleaning up this mess. Good plot and atmosphere.
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| 1. Beyond the Gates (2005)
aka: Shooting Dogs
2. Curse of Simba (1965)
aka: Curse of the Voodoo
aka: Lion Man
3. The Final Conflict (1981)
aka: Omen III: The Final Conflict
4. The Plague of the Zombies (1966)
aka: The Zombies
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